Background
Lestage, Daniel Barfield was born on July 7, 1939 in Jennings, Louisiana, United States. Son of Henry Oscar Junior and Juliet Xavier (Barfield) Lestage.
Lestage, Daniel Barfield was born on July 7, 1939 in Jennings, Louisiana, United States. Son of Henry Oscar Junior and Juliet Xavier (Barfield) Lestage.
Graduate, Louisiana State University, 1959. Doctor of Medicine, Louisiana State University, 1963. Graduate, Naval School Aviation, 1964.
Master in Public Health, Tulane University, 1969. Diploma, Industrial College Armed Forces, 1978.
Commissioned ensign, United States Navy, 1962; advanced through grades to rear admiral, United States Navy, 1986; rotating intern, Charity Hospital, New Orleans, 1963-1964; resident in family practice, Lafayette (Louisiana) Charity Hospital, 1964; student flight surgeon, Naval School Aviation Medicine, Pensacola, Florida, 1964; staff flight surgeon/medical officer Carrier Air Wing 16, United States Ship Oriskany, NAS Lemoore, California, 1965-1967; senior medical officer, Naval Medical Clinic, NAS New Orleans, 1967-1968; senior medical officer, United States Ship John F. Kennedy, Norfolk, Virginia, 1971-1973; resident in aerospace medicine, Naval Aerospace Medical Institute, Pensacola, 1969-1971; senior medical officer, Branch Clinic, Jacksonville NAS, 1973-1977; chief preventive medicine department, Naval Regional Medical Centers, Jacksonville, 1973-1977; special assistant to surgeon general, Navy Bureau Medicine and Surgery Department Navy, Washington, 1978-1981; head operational medicine branch, aeromedical advisor, Office of Chief Naval Operations, Washington, 1978-1981; director clinical services, director medical education, Executive officer, Naval Regional Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1981-1983; commanding officer, Naval Hospital, Millington, Tennessee, 1983-1984; commander, United States Naval Medical Command, London, 1984-1986; fleet medical officer, United States Naval Forces Europe, 1984-1986; fleet surgeon, United States Atlantic Fleet, Norfolk, 1986-1988; command surgeon United States Atlantic Command, United States Atlantic Command/Supreme Allied Commander, Norfolk, 1986-1989; assistant director naval medicine, Office of Chief Naval Operations, 1989; inspector general, Navy bureau of Medicine and Surgery, 1989-1990; commander, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia, 1990-1992; corporation medical director, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Florida, Jacksonville, 1992-1995; vice president medical operations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Florida, Jacksonville, 1995-1997; vice president professional & organizational relations, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Florida, Jacksonville, since 1997. Assistant dean Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, 1981-1983, associate dean, 1990-1992;delegate American Medical Association house of dels from Aerospace Medical Association, since 1993. Delegate Florida Medical Association house of deals from Duval County Medical Society, since 1995.
Board directors Blood Bank, Jacksonville, 1973-1977, Catholic Family Services, Portsmouth, 1981-1983, Fraser-Millington Mental Health Center, Memphis, 1983-1984, Florida Association HMOs, 1999-2001, United Service Organizations Northeast Florida, since 1999, We Care Jacksonville, since 1999, Florida Association Health Plans, since 2002, Health Planning Council Northeast Florida, Inc., since 2003, Florida Patient Safety Corporation, since 2004. Member Governor's Diabetes Advisory Council, 1998-2000, Florida Commission Mental Health and Substance Abuse, 1999-2000, Governor's Strategic Panel on Tobacco, 2002, Governor's Destination Florida Commission, 2002-2003. Fellow American College of Physicians, American College Preventive Medicine, American Academy Family Physicians, Aerospace Medical Association (president 1988-1989, chair fellows group since 1997).
Member American Medical Association (delegate since 1993), Florida Academy Family Physicians (board directors 1995-2001, foundation board directors since 2001, foundation president since 2005), Florida Society for Preventive Medicine (president 1995-1996), Florida Medical Association (delegate since 1995), Veterans of Foreign Wars, DAV, American Legion, Disabled American Veterans, International Academy Aviation and Space Medicine (board directors 2000-2004, chancellor since 2003), Association Military Surgeons United States, Society Medical Consultant to Armed Forces, Rotary, Elks.
Married Helen Newcomer, March 9, 1963. Children: Juliet Lestage Hirsch, Diane Lestage Davis, Daniel B. Junior.